Wednesday 14 March 2012

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

Date Read: Unknown

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.
My Thoughts: Well, what can you say about the master of sci-fi comedy? His books are hilarious. I was grinning right from the outset at the absurdity of the situations that the characters find themselves in, the banter back and forth and the general madness that you find yourself plonked right at the centre of.

It's the characters that truly make this series so well-loved - a set of books that will always put a smile on my face.

I RATED IT 10/10

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